Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Örebro and School of Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, SE 70185, Sweden.
Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2013 Oct 10;11:168. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-11-168.
The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) is a short instrument, developed to assess perceived social support. The original English version has been widely used. The original scale has demonstrated satisfactory psychometric properties in different settings, but no validated Swedish version has been available. The aim was therefore to translate, adapt and psychometrically evaluate the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support for use in a Swedish context.
In total 281 participants accepted to join the study, a main sample of 127 women with hirsutism and a reference sample of 154 nursing students. The MSPSS was translated and culturally adapted according to the rigorous official process approved by WHO. The psychometric evaluation included item analysis, evaluation of factor structure, known-group validity, internal consistency and reproducibility.
The original three-factor structure was reproduced in the main sample of women with hirsutism. An equivalent factor structure was demonstrated in a cross-validation, based on the reference sample of nursing students. Known-group validity was supported and internal consistency was good for all scales (α = 0.91-0.95). The test-retest showed acceptable to very good reproducibility for the items (κw = 0.58-0.85) and the scales (ICC = 0.89-0.92; CCC = 0.89-0.92).
The Swedish version of the MSPSS is a multidimensional scale with sound psychometric properties in the present study sample. The simple and short format makes it a useful tool for measuring perceived social support.
多维感知社会支持量表（MSPSS）是一种简短的工具，用于评估感知社会支持。该量表的原始英文版本已被广泛使用。原始量表在不同环境下表现出了令人满意的心理测量学特性，但尚未有经过验证的瑞典版本。因此，本研究旨在翻译、改编和心理评估多维感知社会支持量表，使其适用于瑞典背景。
共有 281 名参与者同意参加研究，其中 127 名为患有多毛症的女性，154 名为护理专业的学生。MSPSS 根据世界卫生组织（WHO）批准的严格官方流程进行翻译和文化适应。心理测量评估包括项目分析、因子结构评估、已知组有效性、内部一致性和可重复性。
在多毛症女性的主要样本中，重现了原始的三因素结构。在基于护理专业学生的参考样本的交叉验证中，也证明了等效的因子结构。已知组有效性得到支持，所有量表的内部一致性均良好（α=0.91-0.95）。测试-重测显示，项目（κw=0.58-0.85）和量表（ICC=0.89-0.92；CCC=0.89-0.92）具有可接受至非常好的可重复性。
在本研究样本中，瑞典版的 MSPSS 是一种具有良好心理测量学特性的多维量表。其简单而简短的格式使其成为测量感知社会支持的有用工具。
